A monograph of the Xyleborini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) of the Indochinese Peninsula (except Malaysia) and China
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Smith, Sarah M.
Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, 288 Farm Lane, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Beaver, Roger A.
161 / 2 Mu 5, Soi Wat Pranon, T. Donkaew, A. Maerim, Chiangmai 50180, Thailand
Author
Cognato, Anthony I.
Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, 288 Farm Lane, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.983.52630
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.983.52630
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Webbia Hopkins, 1915
Webbia
Hopkins, 1915b: 222.
Xelyborus
Schedl, 1939a: 349. Synonymy:
Browne 1963
: 57.
Prowebbia
Browne, 1962: 208. Synonymy:
Browne 1972
: 25.
Type species.
Webbia dipterocarpi
Hopkins, 1915b; original designation.
Diagnosis.
1.9-3.4 mm long, 2.6-3.75
x
as long as wide.
Webbia
is distinguished by the scutellum not apparent; dense tuft of setae present along elytral base associated with an elytral mycangium; antennal funicle 2-segmented; protibiae slender, outer margin armed with more than nine denticles, posterior face inflated and unarmed; pronotum conspicuously elongated, rectangular in dorsal aspect, disc flat, anterolateral corners inflated (type a in dorsal view); elytra with few setae, abruptly truncated and often elaborately ornamented with large projections.
Similar genera.
Amasa
,
Arixyleborus
,
Cyclorhipidion
,
Pseudowebbia
.
Distribution.
Throughout the Paleotropics.
Gallery system.
The unbranched radial entrance tunnel leads to a single large brood chamber in the longitudinal plane (
Browne 1961b
).
Remarks.
The majority of species are strongly associated with
Dipterocarpaceae
, but single species are specialized on
Fagaceae
and
Sapotaceae
(
Browne 1961b
).